Back at Liverpool, the whole team is ready to face Middlesbrough.

This is the 16th round of the Premier League.

In 1876, some members of the Middlesbrough Cricket Club proposed to establish this football club, with the intention of not being able to play cricket in the cold winter, so they had to use football as a pastime and entertainment.

In 1892, Middlesbrough joined the English League and has been playing in the top league for the next 50 years.

In 1954, Middlesbrough was demoted to Class II and could not afford to fall in the following 20 years. In 1973, former England star Jack Charlton (Bobby's brother) took over the team and led the team back to the top league. After that, Middlesbrough experienced turmoil and ups and downs, almost broke in 1986, but a wealthy fan stevegibson saved the team and helped Middlesbrough move to the current Riverside Stadium in 1995.

This is the simple history of Middlesbrough.

Under coach McLaren, Middlesbrough has risen steadily in recent years, beating Bolton in the League Cup final last season to win the first major championship in club history.

This season, McLaren continues to strengthen Middlesbrough’s strength.

McLaren is still strengthening the front line and introduced Portsmouth's Yakub at a price of 7.5 million. In this way, he will no longer worry about Haselbaink's age (33 years old) and Viduka's injury. With the return of Macarone (returned on loan) and Christie (recovered from injury), Mibao's forward line has already reached a certain scale, enough to compete with the strong team.

However, Mibao lost the best team in the team last season, and the introduction of Pogates was even more a failure. After joining the team, the latter had to be in the 6-month custody.

McLaren was really not very informative before making a decision.

But overall, Middlesbrough's forward strength has been enhanced. In the summer, the English media believes that Middlesbrough has great hope of winning the League Cup.

After fifteen rounds of the league, Middlesbrough's performance is not as good as the media expected. Now they rank 13th in the Premier League. They are just leaving the relegation zone. There is no danger of relegation, but it is still difficult to achieve a good result.

Now that they meet Liverpool, McLaren praised Zhang Tiehan for his hat at Stamford Bridge before the game. "He is very outstanding and can score three goals at Stamford Bridge. I can't think of anyone else except him," McLaren said.

It can be seen that he has a good impression of Zhang Tiehan.

In fact, Middlesbrough also joined the summer battle for Zhang Tiehan. However, their strength is too poor and the offer is not conspicuous, and they are simply ignored. McClellan has always wanted to get Zhang Tiehan, but now Zhang Tiehan's net worth is just a fantasy for a team like Middlesbrough.

"It's not surprising that he can finish a hat trick. In fact, he's done it twice in two years. I know very well that I've been paying attention to his game."

"In 2002, I almost became the head coach of England. Many times I would think that if I were the head coach of England, I would definitely let him on the team. Erikson did a good job and he did what I wanted to do."

It is not surprising that McLaren said this at all. All England, no, all Europe knows it. McLaren really wants to be the head coach of England, but his qualifications are still a bit lacking, so he is now coaching Middlesbrough. If he has the chance, he will definitely strive for the position of head coach in England.

Liverpool didn't say anything before the game. Middlesbrough is not a special opponent for them, but just an ordinary league. Benitez also talked about the team's recent situation.

The media all know that in the last match against Chelsea in the Champions League, Liverpool were all substitutes, so this game should be the main lineup. It is not easy for McLaren's team to take away points from Anfield.

In such an atmosphere, the competition soon began.

The first half of the game was nothing surprising for Liverpool fans and even the entire England. At Anfield Stadium, Liverpool performed quite well. They swept the passive style of playing against Chelsea in the last game, and continued to bombard the Middlesbrough's defense.

Soon they gained something.

It was Zhang Tiehan's powerful shot from the right side of the penalty area. The ball hit the net, and there was no suspense at all. If you score such a goal, Zhang Tiehan didn't look excited on his face. Celebrating the goal was just a simple hug with his teammates.

When the game begins again, Liverpool's offensive frenzy is still very rapid.

In the 39th minute, Zhang Tiehan headed the ball and scored twice, helping the team lead the opponent 2-0.

Zhang Tiehan's performance was quite perfect with two goals in the first half.

Anfield Stadium was caught in a sea of ​​cheering. Although Zhang Tiehan felt that scoring was nothing, in the eyes of ordinary Liverpool fans, Zhang Tiehan's performance was quite perfect. With these two goals, Zhang Tiehan's goal number has reached thirteen. He is only one goal away from Henry, who is the first in the scorer list. He has to find Henry and participate in three more games than him.

Perhaps this doesn't seem to be a big deal in Zhang Tiehan. As long as the game is normal, he doesn't think that Frenchman is his opponent to "scoring goals".

But Liverpool fans are still quite happy.

Which team does not want the league's top scorer to come from their favorite team? As for the Champions League top scorer, even the pessimistic Liverpool fans will not think of others. Zhang Tiehan has scored eight goals in the Champions League and eight goals in six group matches. This number is probably going to cause many players who want to compete for the Champions League top scorer to collapse.

In the summer, European bookmakers are also betting on the Champions League top scorers.

At that time, Zhang Tiehan and Inter Milan's Adriano ranked first, and their odds were only one or two.5, the lowest among all players. After five rounds of the group stage, the bookmaker had closed about Zhang Tiehan's betting.

Although Adriano scored three goals in the last round, no one was optimistic about him competing for the best scorer with Zhang Tiehan. The two's goals were already three goals apart. How many will they be in the quarterfinals?

No one knows.

But this can also be imagined. With Zhang Tiehan's goal efficiency, it is possible to get rid of his competitors' eight streets.

There is still suspense for the top scorer in the Premier League. From the beginning of the season to now, Henry has always occupied the first place in the scorer list. He has Fanny, Zhang Tiehan and Bentner. But it seems that only Henry and Zhang Tiehan can compete for the top spot. Fanny has only scored ten goals. He has been widened.

Many people who are following the Scorer List are waiting for the day when Zhang Tiehan surpasses Henry.

It's not far away.

Liverpool fans hoped that this game was the game, but as soon as the second half started, Zhang Tiehan was replaced, and Cice replaced him. Benitez considered that Zhang Tiehan had too many consecutive appearances. Although he looked in good shape, the next time he started with the Manchester United League Cup, the matches were too frequent and intensive. He had to ensure that Zhang Tiehan was in good shape.

After Zhang Tiehan got out, Middlesbrough breathed a long sigh.

They can get it easy.

It was just a moment... The second half was a surprising half. Middlesbrough scored a goal at the beginning, which made Middlesbrough fans regain hope, but there was hope, but what was waiting was often disappointment. In the 72nd minute, Gerrard passed the ball to the right. Luis Galcia made a cross, Gerrard missed the ball at the front point. Morientes shot low from 15 meters in the middle and scored a goal in the lower left corner, helping Liverpool to open the gap in the score.

Just four minutes later, Gerald made a long pass from the backcourt, Kudrew made a header to clear the ball, Morientes successfully saw Schwarzer stand in front, and he used an overhead arc ball to send the ball into the goal.

Four minutes. Two goals!

Morientes!

All Anfield fans shouted Morientes' name. After Zhang Tiehan got out, they thought the game would not be exciting, but they didn't expect Morientes to break out and scored two goals. For Zhang Tiehan, it might be very common, but for other forwards, especially for players like Morientes who are unstable in their main position, it is quite difficult.

Liverpool has five forwards - Zhang Tiehan, Morientes, Cice, Pongra and Merlot, but in fact, there are only three people who can compete for the main position and have stable chances of playing, Zhang Tiehan, Cice and Morientes.

The only one who really showed off among the three is Zhang Tiehan.

Cice has not scored seven rounds, and Morientes' goal is intermittent, but since the start of the game, he has only scored five goals in three events, which is less than Cice's six. As a striker, he should be unqualified to score five goals in half a season.

This is normal in Liverpool. Zhang Tiehan has won too many opportunities and goals...

In addition to Zhang Tiehan, Liverpool's midfield is also stronger than the frontcourt. Gerrard scored seven goals, Alonso had four, and Garcia had three, such as Riser, Harman, Finnan and others also scored goals. They all add up. Just looking at the number of goals, it is really impossible to tell that Cice and Morientes are forwards.

The two of them had some goals.

But Benitez is very patient, or Zhang Tiehan will inevitably have such a result when he appears. Everyone believes that Zhang Tiehan, if he can get more opportunities, others will have much less opportunities. For example, when Cice, when he partnered with Zhang Tiehan, he became a tactical center, and Morientes could only serve as a shadow striker and the second point of scoring.

Morientes has been working very hard, and now his hard work pays off. He scored two goals.

Morientes scored the goal, Benitez was the happiest person. In his opinion, it was not good to concentrate all the goals on Zhang Tiehan. That means that when Zhang Tiehan cannot play, the team's condition will be greatly affected. He hopes that everyone can find the feeling and the whole team will benefit.

"Morentes is an excellent shooter, and his shot was great." Morientes used two touches to confirm the coach's words. The first ball was easily swept into the bottom corner after stopping the ball, and the second ball was an accurate shot, with a simple and practical style.

"For a striker, scoring goals is good for his confidence."

Benitez said that Morientes could continue to play like this. The problem he was most worried about now is actually Zhang Tiehan. Zhang Tiehan's goal efficiency is too high. If there is an important game and Zhang Tiehan cannot play, then Liverpool will definitely be quite passive.

Everyone else can score goals, which is also a guarantee.

Liverpool relied on goals from Zhang Tiehan and Morientes to beat McLaren's Middlesbrough 4-1 and won another league game. This is good news, but there is also bad news, that is, the injury problem of loving you in the game.

Cenden was injured in the game.

When he left the court, he didn't look too serious, but after examination, it was confirmed that the cruciate ligament injury was aggravated, which would prevent Centen from making a debut in the rest of the game this season.

This was obviously a very big blow, both for Cenden himself and the entire team.

Currently, Cenden is the main player of the team. His inability to play means that Liverpool has lost another main wing forward. Liverpool's wing is already weak. Without Cenden, Benitez will definitely be even more upset.

On the second day of the match with Middlesbrough, Centen flew to the United States for surgical operations by expert Richard Steman. When he returned to the European continent three days later, he also brought back a doctor's diagnosis, which stated that Centen's injury could not recover to the level of the last game until the end of the season.

This is the worst injury for all players since Liverpool started the game.

Cenden may be worthy of sympathy, but this also alerts the entire Liverpool team. December, which is prone to injury and has a intensive schedule, has arrived. It is still very likely to be injured if you accidentally get injured. Benitez is glad that he replaced Zhang Tiehan in the game, otherwise if Zhang Tiehan is injured... that would be unimaginable.

Zhang Tiehan was also a little worried.

Although he has ancient power and his body is much stronger than others, this does not mean that he is a superman. He may also be injured. If he is injured, his condition will also be affected.

He decided to pay attention to his physical condition in the future.

In addition, you should practice more hard qigong in your home. After practicing for a while, Zhang Tiehan found that this hard qigong is still very effective. After practicing regularly, he can do many normal and unsuccessful movements. It feels like forcibly stretching the muscles and bones of the body, and the flexibility and strength of the body have increased a lot.

But this is also a warning...

Zhang Tiehan still remembers that his great-grandfather said before his death that he had not been able to practice venting his energy all his life, because practicing this hard qigong also caused physical damage.

Obviously the benefits are not that good.

While the body's strength, flexibility, and muscles and bones become better, hard qigong will definitely cause some kind of hidden damage to the body. Then the only way is to cultivate the so-called "qi".
Chapter completed!